30 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 2

Price Order No. 1764 (Wheat Grown in the North Island of New Zealand)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal hereby makes the following price order:

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1764, and shall come into force on the 16th day of January 1959.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1731* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.
3. In this order:
   “Broker,” in relation to wheat, means a person who sells wheat on behalf of the Wheat Committee established pursuant to the Board of Trade (Wheat and Flour) Regulations 1944†.
   “Distributor,” in relation to wheat, means any person who purchases wheat from a broker for the purpose of resale.
   “Retailer,” in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a broker or a distributor.
   “Grower’s station,” in relation to any grower, means the railway station that is nearest or most convenient of access to the grower’s premises.
   The expression “f.o.r.” means “free on rail the grower’s station”.
4. The provisions of this order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.
5. The several prices fixed by this order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.
6. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks extra the maximum prices that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the weight of the wheat without the sacks.
7. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks included the maximum prices that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the total weight of the wheat and the sacks.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

8. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause this order applies with respect to all wheat grown in the North Island of New Zealand.
   (2) Nothing in this order shall apply with respect to wheat that is sold as certified seed wheat or to wheat that is sold for milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Growers’ Prices

9. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any wheat to which this order applies shall be 14s. 6½d. per bushel.
   (2) The said maximum price is fixed as for delivery f.o.r. by the grower and on the basis of “sacks extra”.
   (3) Where delivery is otherwise than f.o.r. the said maximum price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such f.o.r. costs that were not incurred.

Brokers’ Prices

10. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any broker for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:
    (a) The amount paid to the grower for the wheat:
    (b) Any transport costs incurred by the broker in obtaining or effecting delivery of the wheat:
    (c) An amount calculated at the rate of 2¼d. per bushel.

Distributors’ Prices

11. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:
    (a) The cost of the wheat to the distributor at the point at which he takes delivery.
    (b) The amount of any transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates.
    (c) The amount of any through store charges actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 7¾d. per bushel.
    (d) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:
    (i) For wheat sold in lots of 1 ton or more: 6d. per bushel.
    (ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ ton or more but less than 1 ton: 7d. per bushel.
    (iii) For wheat sold in lots of two sacks or more but less than ½ ton: 9d. per bushel.
    (iv) For wheat sold in lots of one sack or more but less than two sacks: 11d. per bushel.
    (v) For wheat sold in lots of:
    (a) ½ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 6d. per bushel.
    (b) Under ½ bushel: 2s. 3d. per bushel.
    Provided that where a distributor sells any wheat to which this order applies on the basis of sacks included, the amounts fixed in each of subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) hereof may be increased by 4½d. per bushel:
    Provided, further, that with respect to all wheat sold in lots of one sack or more and delivered ex grower’s station or at any of the places specified in the table hereto the maximum price shall not exceed the appropriate price set out hereunder:

(2) The maximum prices fixed in the table to subclause (1) hereof are fixed for sales made on the basis of sacks included and where sales are made on the basis of sacks extra the said prices shall be reduced by 4½d. per bushel.
(3) Where delivery is effected by a distributor elsewhere than at one of the places mentioned in the table to subclause (1) hereof he may add to the appropriate price fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause the actual freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery of the wheat to the point at which delivery is effected.